Oreglia, Elisa and Srinivasan, Janaki (2015) 'ICT, Intermediaries, and the Transformation of Gendered Power Structures.' MIS Quarterly, 40 (2). pp. 501-510.
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Abstract
Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) are believed to hold much potential to empower women, both socially and economically, in low-income and rural communities. In this paper, we focus on rural women who mediate ICT use as telecenter operators in India and as helpers and enablers for family members in rural China. We explore under what circumstances they may be able to renegotiate existing gendered power structures. We argue that acts of reconciling or confronting these different spaces they inhabit can allow intermediaries to remake their own identities and positions in their community. This process, rather than the potential associated with ICTs, is where spaces for empowerment often lie.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Keywords: | gender, intermediaries, Global South, India, China, ICT, mobile phones, telecenters |
| SOAS Departments & Centres: | Departments and Subunits > Interdisciplinary Studies > Centre for Global Media and Communications Legacy Departments > Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Centre for Media Studies |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) T Technology > T Technology (General) |
| ISSN: | 02767783 |
| Copyright Statement: | This is the published version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Date Deposited: | 31 May 2016 13:11 |
| URI: | https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/id/eprint/21828 |
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